Scott Thulborn Wins SA State Singles
| January 31, 2012 A HUGE congratulations to Team Henselite representative Scott Thulborn for winning the South Australia Men's Singles Title yesterday (30-01-2012) held at Payneham Bowling Club in Adelaide. It has been a great season for Scotty who took out the Open State Pairs with fellow Henselite team member Adam Forbes just a few weeks ago and the SA Open Singles title only 2 months ago...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Feature in New Look Aussie Squad
| January 18, 2012 With 2012 a World Championship year, Bowls Australia announced it's new look Australian Squad today with members of Team Henselite featuring heavily in both the men's and women's squad. Australian squad regulars, Mark Casey and Nathan Rice have retained their places, as has Sean Baker who pulled on the green and gold for the first time in 2011. They will be...Read More |  |
Henselite Winners in WA
| December 19, 2011 It's been on for young and old in WA this past fortnight with Henselite bowlers taking out many of the major titles on offer. Teenage stars Kristina Krstic and Rechelle Cole staged a number of upsets in the Women's State Pairs to take out the title over many more-seasoned campaigners. Kristina and Rechelle, who are members of both the WA U18s and Women's...Read More |  |
Scott Thulborn wins SA Open Singles
| November 15, 2011 Adelaide’s Scott Thulborn has added to some outstanding performances early in the 2011/12 season with the State’s newest skipper taking out the Bowls SA Open Singles event at Hawthorn yesterday. Scott took an early lead in the final against Grange’s Cameron Dickson and never looked back, finishing off solidly to claim a 25-14...Read More |  |
Sue Brady wins QLD Champion of Champions
| November 14, 2011 Sue Brady has become Queensland's latest Champion of Champions, taking out her third title late last month. The Mareeba Memorial ace added to her Champion of Champions Singles titles from 2004 and 2005 to make the trip from up near Cairns, down to Bribie Island BC, worthwhile. The North Queensland bowler took out hot favourite and Queensland player Sue McKenzie in the final sectional...Read More |  |
David Holt - State Pairs Champion
| October 31, 2011 Cabramatta's David Holt and his partner Michael Clarke are the new NSW State Pairs Champions after beating Tony Laguzza and Aron Sherriff (Ettalong Memorial) in the final of the 2011 Greater NSW State Pairs Championships, at Soldiers Point Bowling Club. The game was close to begin with, but the Cambramatta pairing were too strong in the end, charging home to take out a 19-10 win. Team...Read More |  |
Bright Future for Australian Bowls
| October 10, 2011 The Australian U18 Championships wrapped up last week after some high quality bowls at Darebin International Sport Centre in Melbourne. The Championships saw NSW take out the Overall Boys Trophy as well as the Overall National Title. They didn't have it all their own way, however, having to settle for second behind QLD for the Overall Girls Trophy. If the week was anything to go by,...Read More |  |
Dylan Fisher wins Junior Golden Nugget
| August 8, 2011 Victoria's Dylan Fisher showed yet again why he is one of Australia's most promising young bowlers when he won his second Junior Golden Nugget title in three years over the weekend, notching up a 25-17 win over NSW's Sean Mawdsley. Barely troubled throughout the tournament, Dylan will be hoping he can take his winning form into the senior version of the...Read More |  |
Team Henselite - Winners at the QLD Open
| August 8, 2011 Helensvale's Mark Casey took out the coveted Queensland Open Men's Singles title at Ipswich Bowls Club last week when he beat Victorian teenager and Henselite team-mate, Aaron Wilson, 10-5, 8-2 in the final. Mark, who used Henselite Alphas throughout the tournament was relieved to emerge from the final victorious. “I’m just ecstatic with...Read More |  |
Connie Hicks Medal for Noelene Abe
| June 1, 2011Last weekend marked another chapter in Noelene Abe's extraordinary year when she scooped the major awards at the Bowls WA Awards Night. Over the last season, among other titles, Noelene won the State Singles, Champion of Champion Singles, Mt Lawley Consistency Singles and the State Pairs. "Looking back it's hard to believe you can achieve all that in one year." she laughed. "I...Read More |  |
Nathan Rice and the Fantastic Four win QLD State Championships
| May 18, 2011It’s been a great week for Nathan Rice so far at the QLD State Championships, After winning the coveted Men’s State Singles Crown on Saturday, Nathan skipped his all-star Helensvale fours combination of Anthony Kiepe, Mark Casey and Anthony Fantini to victory in the Men’s Fours yesterday. All four bowlers used Henselite ABT-evos in their three-shot final win. The QLD State...Read More |  |
Sean Ingham wins QLD State Triples Title
| May 16, 2011Queensland's Sean Ingham showed why he has been touted as one of the finest young bowlers in the country when he skipped his triples combination of Ben Savva and Paul O'Brien to the Men's State Triples Title last week. At 16 years old, this title is Sean's first open men's state title however he's no stranger to success on the bowling green. Last month he won the QLD U18...Read More |  |
Team Henselite all the way in WA
| May 2, 2011Winning is becoming a habit for Team Henselite's Noelene Abe who won her way to the Women's Champion of Champions Singles Title last weekend. This completes her sweep of all the major WA titles including the State Singles and Pairs as well as the Mt Lawley Consistency Singles. This weekend's victory makes her shoe-in for the Connie Hicks medal for the top WA female bowler...Read More |  |
Cartwheel Kate Takes NSW Indoor Crown
| May 2, 20112011 keeps getting better for Kate Carriage. First she made the Semi-Finals in the Women's Pairs at the Australian Open. Then she was one of only 4 female bowlers selected for the Australia A squad. Now the Merryland's ace has won the right to contest the Australian Indoor Championships in August after emerging victorious in the NSW qualification leg held over the weekend...Read More |  |
April a Golden Month for Team Henselite Juniors
| April 20, 2011It's been a golden month for Team Henselite's junior bowlers with an avalanche of success at International and State events around the country. Clayton's Dylan Fisher (VIC) started the gold rush when he took out the Victorian Under 25 Singles title at the end of March before going on to compete for Australia in the Junior Trans Tasman Trophy in Adelaide. The Aussies were attempting to win back...Read More |  |
Nathan Rice Wins Victorian Masters Singles
| April 4, 2011Queensland's Nathan Rice overcame wind, rain and chilly conditions to win the prestigious Victorian Masters Singles Championship at Richmond Union last week. This year's event boasted a high quality field including several Australian and international representatives. The 31-year-old Helensvale bowler claimed the gold medal, championship cup and winner's...Read More |  |
Triples Title for Team Henselite's Forsyth and McIntyre
| February 20, 2011Team Henselite's Ali Forsyth (NZ/Taren Point BC) and Nick McIntyre (Victoria/Bundoora BC) joined the ranks of Australia Open winners on Saturday after teaming up with Essendon's Matt Flapper to take out the Men's Triples Title. They took the difficult road to the final, overcoming many of the more fancied combinations of Mark Casey, Ryan Bester, Mark Jacobsen on the way and...Read More |  |
Lisa Phillips Wins Australian Open Singles Crown
| February 20, 2011Young Victorian star Lisa Phillips has become the youngest bowler and only the second teenager to lift the Australian Open trophy after winning the coveted ladies singles title on Saturday. In doing so, the 17-year-old from Yallourn who plays pennant bowls at Richmond Union, pocketed eighteen thousand dollars. "I'm still in shock," she said, shortly after her historic win...Read More |  |
Dane McKinnon and Mikayla Baker crowned Australian Open U18 champions
| February 20, 2011With some of the best junior bowlers on show this week in the Under 18 section of the Australian Open, it was Victoria's Dane McKinnon and Tasmania's Mikayla Baker who won out taking the boys and girls titles respectively. 'I've made the semis two years in a row," said Dane who plays for Werribee RSL in the Henselite Victorian Premier League. "So it's a big thrill to...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Sweeps Bowls Australia Awards
| February 14, 2011Team Henselite bowlers swept the Bowls Australia Bowler of the Year awards on Saturday night winning four out of the five awards on offer for bowlers. Helensvale's Mark Casey was the man of the moment, picking up both the Male Bowler of the Year and International Bowler of the Year awards. Mark, who lists a Silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in his highlights...Read More |  |
State Singles Titles for Henselite Ladies in WA and SA
| February 1, 2011There were few surprised in SA and WA last month when the ladies State Singles titles were taken out by the in form players of the season. Holdfast Bay's Riina Bradbrook (SA) started off the year with a bang when she won her second consecutive State Singles title, beating Kensington Marryatville's Jackie Gardiner in the final 25-16. This marks the sixth singles title for the "Queen...Read More |  |
Marshall and Foster on Top of the World
| January 20, 2011 Scotland's Paul Foster and Alex Marshall MBE are feeling on top of the world after the pair, who boast eight world singles titles between them, celebrated their maiden win in the final of the Potters Holidays World Indoor Pairs Championship. Gold Medallist in the pairs at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and long-time users of Henselite bowls, the Scottish duo finally struck gold...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Juniors make Australian National Squad
| January 11, 2011Bowls Australia today announced the Australian Junior Squad to take on NZ in the Trans Tasman Series in April, with three members of Team Henselite named in the four-bowler squad. Victorian Dylan Fisher who has already pulled on the green and gold on a number of occasions will be joined by Australian debutants Scott De Jongh (QLD) and Kristina Krstic (WA). Scott De Jongh was one...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Clean Sweep at SA State Pairs
| December 22, 2010It was a clean sweep for Team Henselite in the SA State Pairs on Monday when Ashley Klose (Marion) and Simon Dorr (Payneham) were joined by Henselite team-mate Penny Landherr (Kensington/Marryatville) and her partner Janet Cocks (Prospect Broadview) in taking out the men's and women's titles respecitively. While Ashley and Simon swept through their final to run out...Read More |  |
Silver for Lindores in the World Champion of Champions
| December 6, 2010Joyce Lindores added a silver medal to her bulging trophy cabinet when she was named runner-up in the World Champion of Champions held on Norfolk Island last week. Now residing in Melbourne and playing her club bowls for powerhouse outfit Clayton, Joyce was representing Australia for the first time, having played over 900 games for her native Scotland, winning many titles...Read More |  |
Teenage Aaron Wilson in NSW Open Pairs Victory
| December 6, 2010Victoria's Aaron Wilson became the latest teenage bowls sensation last week when he won the pairs title at the NSW Open in Wagga Wagga. Aaron, who has just turned 19, chalked up his first Bowls Australia Grand Prix win with his experienced club teamate, Matt Flapper, in a thrilling final against fellow Victorians and members of Team Henselite, Lee Schraner and...Read More |  |
Australia's Top Young Bowlers Choose Henselite
| November 29, 2010Bowls Australia named its preliminary squad for next year's Junior Trans Tasman Trophy earlier this month. Twelve of the finest young bowlers in the country will attend a training camp at the Lockleys Bowling Club in South Australia where a final side of four - two girls, two boys - will be chosen. After losing the trophy to NZ earlier in 2010, selectors will put these juniors through their paces...Read More |  |
Riina Bradbrook is National Champion of Champions
| November 11, 2010South Australia's Riina Bradbrook had already made history earlier this year when she became the only person in SA to win the State Singles, the Metro Singles and the State Champion of Champions in a single season. But yesterday she decided she would not stop there, winning the women's singles title at the National Champion of Champions in North Launceston. Riina, who uses Henselite...Read More |  |
Geoff McGillvray Wins NSW State Triples
| October 27, 2010A win in the NSW State Triples at Soldiers Point BC yesterday marked the realisation of a long-held goal for Warilla's Geoff McGillvray. "This win was very special," he said. "It was my first time ever winning a state title. I have been runner-up a few times and made semi-finals but this time we finally cracked it." McGillvray and his triples...Read More |  |
Val Smith takes Silver at Commonwealth Games
| October 13, 2010 New Zealand's Val Smith took out the silver medal yesterday in the women's singles at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. The world number one took the hard route to the final after she finished third in her section and had to make it through the quarterfinal play-offs before winning a tight semi-final in a tie-break against Australia's form player of the tournament. The first set of the...Read More |  |
Commonwealth Games Silver Medal for Mark Casey in Delhi
| October 10, 2010Australia's Mark Casey last night won a silver medal in the men's triples at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. This was the second Commonwealth Games medal for the Queenslander who won gold four years ago in Melbourne in the same discipline. Using Henselite bowls, just as he had in Melbourne, Mark skipped his team brilliantly all the way to final, showing...Read More |  |
Kristina Krstic takes out gold in the Australian U18 Singles
| September 30, 2010West Australia's Kristina Krstic has added another title to her name, winning the girls singles at the Australian Under 18 Championships at Broadbeach Bowls Club today, taking out the final 21-6 against fellow member of Team Henselite, Breeana Dickson (SA). Kristina bowled with Alpha bowls which she said were perfect for the very windy conditions in the final. "They took hardly any...Read More |  |
Dylan Fisher wins Boys Singles at Australian Under 18 Championships
| September 29, 2010Victorian Dylan Fisher has been crowned this year's junior boys National Singles Champion after taking out the final of the Australian Under 18 Championships at Broadbeach Bowls Club on the Gold Coast today, making him the first Victorian to win the title. A relieved Dylan Fisher, who is the current U18 Victorian Pairs Champion after winning back to back titles in 2009 and 2010, overcame immense...Read More |  |
Warilla Gorillas Take Out Helensvale 5-a-side
| September 10, 2010In the 2010 Henselite $40,000 Club 5-a-side Challenge this week, the Warilla Gorillas denied the hosts, Helensvale Hawks their third title in four years. In a final which saw seven of the ten competitors using Henselite-produced bowls, Warilla overcame the home team 3 games to 1 to take out their maiden title. This was no easy task with the Helensvale team including Delhi-bound Mark...Read More |  |
Lester, Casey and McGillivray qualify for UK PBA events
| August 24, 2010Three members of Team Henselite will be on their way to the UK after the PBA National Finals at Tweed Heads Bowls Club last week. The National FInals were held to decide which Australians would qualify for events on the Professional Bowlers' Association calendar, taking place in the UK from November 2010 to January 2011. The successful qualifiers include...Read More |  |
Mark Casey to use Henselite Bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
| August 2, 2010Fresh from a semi-finals appearance at last month's Queensland Open, Mark Casey revealed this week that he will be using Henselite Bowls when he travels to Delhi in October to compete for Australia in the Commonwealth Games. Mark Casey was a Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist in Melbourne 2006 in the Triples with Henselite bowls and has chosen them once...Read More |  |
Sean Baker and Alex Murtagh Take Queensland Open Triples
| July 30, 2010Team Henselite’s Alex Murtagh and Sean Baker proved this week that they are part of the hottest triples combination on Queensland greens, adding the 2010 Queensland Open to their State Triples title win in May earlier this year. The final was largely a Team Henselite affair with Victorians Mark Jacobsen and Barrie Lester hoping to take the title out of the Sunshine State. But Baker skipped...Read More |  |
Henselite's Mark Jacobsen Wins QLD Open Pairs
| July 30, 2010Mark Jacobsen showed this week that he really is one of the best players in the world, making the final of the Pairs and Triples at the Queensland Open and the semi-final of the Singles. Not only did he go on to win the title in his favourite event, the Pairs, he beat the Australian representatives in each discipline along the way. This may have caused some embarassment to...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Well Represented in BA Silver Tier Squad
| July 12, 2010Bowls Australia released its 2010-2011 Silver Tier Squad list on Friday, naming eleven Team Henselite players in its ranks. The Silver Tier Squad will be overseen by Head Coach Faye Luke and Bowls Australia reports that it will offer squad members access to high performance coaches and sports science staff, targeted monitoring by national coaching staff as well as tactical and skills analysis,...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Qualifiers Set for Australian Indoor
| July 5, 2010With the final round of qualification completed in Tasmania at the weekend, the field is now in place for the finals of the Australian Indoor Championships. The Championship which, are to be held in August at Tweed Heads Bowls Club, will feature a number of Team Henselite players representing a balance of youth and experience. Last year's men's title winner, Anthony...Read More |  |
Team Henselite welcomes QLD's Brenda Thompson
| June 28, 2010Queensland's Brenda Thompson last week followed in the footsteps of many of her fellow state representatives such as Sean Baker, Carly Griffiths and Anthony Kiepe when she joined Team Henselite. Fresh from her State Fours Title win last month, Brenda's decision to switch to Henselite followed a lengthy trip round Australia...Read More |  |
Arleen Jeffery Joins Team Henselite
| June 23, 2010Since first picking up a bowl ten years ago, Merryland's Arleen Jeffery fell in love with the sport and hasn't looked back. This week she joined Team Henselite, returning to the brand she trusted when she first began what was eventually to become, a stellar bowling career. "I first started because my husband bowled and I went along to see him roll up. I thought, 'this...Read More |  |
Martin Miller becomes NT's Youngest State Singles Champion
| June 21, 2010Northern Territory's Martin Miller became the state's youngest singles champion last weekend when he took out the State Singles Title at Palmerston Bowls Club on Saturday. Martin, who turns 18 in August was victorious in the final, 25-20, in challenging conditions. "It was very windy with afternoon breezes and the greens were running fairly quickly compared to what...Read More |  |
Fours Fortune for Team Henselite at QLD State Titles
| May 25, 2010Bribie Island's Brad Piper picked up his first Men's State Title last week when the Fours combination he was playing in beat some tough opposition to take out the trophy. "We had just hoped to win our section," said Brad of his expectations going into the tournament. "We had a really hard section so to win that and then the final is just awesome." The...Read More |  |
Michael Turner and Ian Taylor Win QLD State Pairs
| May 24, 2010It was a special win for Kingscliff duo, Ian Taylor and Michael Turner, who took out the Queensland State Pairs Title on Saturday. Both bowlers are new to Queensland with Ian spending most of his bowling years in South Australia and Michael playing Club and State bowls in NSW before moving north. "Neither of us was playing in our natural State so to win a state...Read More |  |
Champ of Champs Makes it a Hat-trick for Riina
| May 19, 2010As the bowls season in South Australia draws to a close, there will be few more satisfied with their 2009/10 performance than Holdfast Bay's Riina Bradbrook. One of SA's most experienced campaigners, Riina took out the coveted Champion of Champion Singles title last Sunday. This victory ensured she would go down in the history books as the only person to win the State Singles, the Metro Singles...Read More |  |
Triples Double for Pam and Alex
| May 18, 2010It was double delight this week for Queensland bowling couple Alex Murtagh and Pam Rowe when they secured the men's and women's State Triples titles respectively. The Pine Rivers pair, who have been together for two years, were pleased to be sharing their sucess with each other. "For us to both win at the same time and for us to both win the...Read More |  |
Australia takes Trans Tasman, Team Henselite looks to Delhi
| May 13, 2010Australia took all three trophies available today in the Trans Tasman test series held at Bargara Bowls Club in Bundaberg QLD winning the men's best-of-six series 4-2, the women's 3-3 on count back and the overall trophy 7-5. Mark Jacobsen, using Dreamlines, and Terry Antram with ABT-evos put in strong performances for Australia in the men's Triples.Both will be hoping they have done enough to...Read More |  |
Top Day for Team Henselite Men at Trans Tasman
| May 12, 2010With hostilities underway in the much anticipated Trans Tasman event in Bundaberg QLD, it's been a cracking start to the tournament for members of Team Henselite in the men's competition. In the morning session New Zealand's Ali Forsyth, bowling with ABT-evos, won the men's singles with a 10-3, 5-8, 4-0 victory. He then backed up in the afternoon with an emphatic 8-12, 5-11 win in...Read More |  |
Silver for Australia's Kiepe in World Cup
| May 5, 2010Queensland's Anthony Kiepe was in red-hot form going into the final of last week's World Cup at Warilla Bowls Club. He had not dropped a game all tournament and was bowling with consistency and confidence. His dream of lifting the trophy aloft was not to be, however, after he was not able to close out the tie-break in the all-Australian final and he had to be content with the Silver...Read More |  |
Silver in U25 World Cup for Malta's Aquilina
| May 3, 2010Malta's Brendan Aquilina has made a fantastic start to his preparation for the Commonwealth Games, claiming the Silver medal in the U25 World Cup at Warilla last week. Born in Australia to Maltese parents, the 22-year-old played with consistency and composure throughout the tournament, losing only one game to the eventual champion. "I was very happy with the way I...Read More |  |
Judy Elated with State Over 60's Win
| April 28, 2010One of the stalwarts of bowls, Yarraville Footscray's Judy Nardella has pulled off the impossible, coming back from 18-4 down to win the Victorian Over 60's State title over Gordana Baric last week at Burden Park Bowls Club. Judy just scraped in to the tournament, having turned 60 only recently, and wasn't going to enter until her husband Tony, who won the...Read More |  |
Nick McIntyre Victoria's New Pairs Champion
| April 27, 2010Bundoora RSL's Nick McIntyre has become Team Henselite's latest Victorian Champion, skipping his club mate, Mario Cipolla, to victory in the 2010 State Pairs final last week. The pair started off slowly, trailing their opponents 11-3 after 8 ends but they soon managed a stunning turn around. Two conversion shots from McIntyre in the 10th and 11th ends produced successive fours...Read More |  |
Mac Back to Win ACT Junior Pairs
| April 26, 2010Yowani's Mac McClean backed up from his ACT Junior Singles win to claim the Junior Pairs title as well. McClean, who recently represented the ACT senior side in the Australian Sides Championship, and his partner stormed to victory at Queanbeyan bowls Club last week winning the final 28-10.Read More |  |
Dodd Claims Victorian Singles Title
| April 21, 2010Werribee RSL's Brett Dodd yesterday became Victorian State Singles Champion, claiming an emphatic 25-13 victory in the final on the newly refurbished greens at Darebin City Bowls Club. It was a much anticipated encounter and Dodd started out slowly. However a change in the conditions with the breeze picking up proved to be cruicial. The Victorian State...Read More |  |
Hat-trick of Junior State Titles for Griffiths
| April 20, 2010Carly Griffiths, arguably one of Australia's most promising junior bowlers, has added a third State Junior Singles crown to her already impressive array of victories. The Australian under-18 representative became the first person to win the title three years in a row last week when she beat Pine Rivers team-mate and fellow member of Team Henselite, Elizabeth...Read More |  |
Mac McClean wins ACT Junior Singles Championship
| April 19, 2010Yowani Country Club's Mac McClean showed once again why he is one to watch, winning the ACT Junior SIngles title at Queanbeyan Bowls Club last Wednesday. It was a mighty effort from MClean who was 13 shots to nil down in the final before coming back to win 25 to 21. "I really enjoyed the comeback," said McClean "I hadn't won an end so my opponent...Read More |  |
Fisher wins Victorian U18 Open Pairs Championship
| April 13, 2010Young Victorian ace Dylan Fisher added another trophy to his cabinet, winning the Victorian Under 18 Pairs Championship at Clayton last week. The win marked back-to-back titles in this Henselite-sponsored event for Fisher who plays for Clayton Bowls Club. “It was a hard fought effort to go back to back, and it was a great result”. Dylan...Read More |  |
Silver Debut for Aussie Quinlan
| April 12, 2010Australia's Beth Quinlan made an exciting debut for Australia last week, skipping her triples combination all the way to the final of the 8 Nation Test Event in Delhi. The final was a close fought affair against old rivals England who eventually won out 4-3 in a tie-break, leaving the Aussies to settle for Silver. The Test Event was a precursor to the Commonwealth Games and gave 8 of the...Read More |  |
WA and QLD take home spoils at Australian Sides Championships
| April 12, 2010With Australia's finest bowlers all vying for state pride, last weekend's Australian Sides Championships promised much and certainly delivered. In the men's Alley Shield - powerhouse outfit QLD made it three titles in a row winning six of their seven games. "It was a great result for a great bunch of blokes" said Team Henselite member and...Read More |  |
Australia's Beth Quinlan Joins Team Henselite
| March 28, 2010Beth Quinlan is Australia's newest bowls squad member, having received her first call up only earlier this month. This week she also became the newest member of Team Henselite, choosing to use Dreamline bowls when she makes her Australian debut. It will be a baptism of fire with Beth's first appearance for her country coming up at the 8-nation, pre-Commonwealth...Read More |  |
Australia's Terry Antram Joins Team Henselite
| March 23, 2010Terry Antram has a few months of hard work ahead of him. The Nelson Bay skipper has survived the latest whittling of the Australian Team to be one of the last 8 men in contention for the 6 available spots in the 2010 Commonwealth Games team. Antram's main priority will be to impress Australian selectors and make the list for Delhi in...Read More |  |
Triples Titles for SA's Taylor and Green
| March 16, 2010Somerton's Scott "Scooter" Taylor and Holdfast Bay's Di Green are the latest Team Henselite champions, taking out the men's and women's State Triples Titles, respectively, at Payneham in South Australia earlier this week. The men's final was a tight battle with Taylor eventually skipping his team to victory 14-10. "This was a great win," said the Australian Silver Tier...Read More |  |
Jacobsen, Schraner and Kiepe make Aussie Team Cut
| March 2, 2010It's crunch time in the Australian Camp as the squad for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi later this year gets closer to its final make up. Following last month's Austrailan Open and the international series against England in Moama, Bowls Australia have whittled their squad vying for a ticket to Delhi down to twenty players from 28. Mark Jacobsen, Gold Medallist at the 1994...Read More |  |
Baker and Fisher in Trans Tasman U25 win
| March 1, 2010In the men's U25 Trans Tasman Development Series held over the weekend, Team Henselite members Sean Baker and Dylan Fisher were instrumental in an Australian win over their NZ rivals. In the best of three tests series the Austrailan Team dropped the opening test on Friday before claiming a victory on countback in the second on Saturday, keeping alive their hopes of taking the...Read More |  |
Team Henselite Juniors to Take On NZ
| February 25, 2010Australia's best and brightest young bowlers will be taking on New Zealand on their home turf this week when the competition begins tomorrow in the Junior Trans-Tasman in Auckland. Three of the four Australian singles berths in the Under 18 test series will be taken by members of Team Henselite. NSW's Aaron Teys and Martin Miller of the Northern Territory will contest the boys singles and...Read More |  |
Tolchard's win leads England to Victory in Moama International
| February 23, 2010Young Englishman Sam Tolchard lead his team to an amazing victory yesterday against Australia when he won the final rubber of the men's singles in the Moama International. Tolchard must have felt he had nothing to lose going into the game - his task seemed almost impossible. Not only did he need to win in straight sets but also with an 11 shot advantage against Australia's number one...Read More |  |
Lindores Takes Australian Open Women's Singles Gold
| February 20, 2010 Joyce Lindores is arguably this year's Australian Open's most highly decorated competitor - a multiple World and Commonwealth Games Champion who has played over 900 games for her native Scotland. Today she showed just why that is the case, making the most of her experience to come back from 6-1 down in the first set of the Australian Open Women's SIngles to win it 10-6. She maintained...Read More |  |
Griffiths Wins Australian Open Junior Title
| February 20, 2010Fresh from her quarter final appearance in the women's singles at the Australian Open, Carly Griffiths proved yet again that she has a bright future in bowls ahead of her with when she took out the Under 18 girls title today. After losing a tight first set by one shot, the 16 year old from QLD took hold of the second and powered to a 13-0 lead then winning the tie-breaker. Her next competitive...Read More |  |
Triumph in the Triples at the Australian Open
| February 18, 2010This week New Zealand's Val Smith became the latest member of Team Henselite to win a major title, clinching victory in the women's triples at the Australian Open. The reigning World Singles Champion and current number one ranked player in the world skipped her triples team to a thrilling 8-7, 4-9, 3-2 victory at Shepparton Park Bowls Club over a much fancied Australian combination. On the same...Read More |  |
Finals Fever for Team Henselite Women
| February 17, 2010In another day of red-hot bowls at the Australian Open, the women of Team Henselite have led the way, pulling off some stunning victories as finals fever hits Shepparton. Kate Carriage (ACT), a former National Junior Champion, and her partner advanced to the final of the women's pairs in an emphatic fashion after thrashing their English opposition 10-2, 12-4. Lyn Cuthbertson (QLD) and...Read More |  |
Team Henselite success so far at Australian Open
| February 16, 2010As Australian Open week builds towards an exciting finish, Henselite bowls are once again proving that they are the choice of champions. With the business end of each section now approaching, many of Australia’s best bowlers and members of Team Henselite are still in the running to take out all titles. In the men’s Singles Australian squad members Anthony Kiepe and Lee Schraner are...Read More |  |
Anthony Kiepe wins Gold
| August 20, 2009Anthony Kiepe is the new Gold Medalist in the Men's Singles title at the Asia Pacific Indoor Titles in Malaysia. Anthony bowled to success with Henselite ABT-evo bowls.Read More |  |
QLD State Ladies Triples
| June 4, 2009Congratulations to Team Henselite members, Carly Griffiths, Shahn Griffiths and Georgia White who won the Final of the QLD State Triples by 1 shot on the last bowl. The competition was particulary fierce with 3 of Australia’s leading Internationals Kelsey Cottrell, Julie Keegan and Lindsay Armitage. Fabulous result for Team Henselite with an average age of just 17. Read More |  |
Australian Indoor Championships
| May 6, 2009The final of the Men's Singles at Tweed Heads on 30 April was a Team Henselite affair with Anthony Kiepe defeating Todd Simmons in a very close finish. Afer the match, Anthony Kiepe, who bowls with ABT-evo, declared "It's a dream come true."Read More |  |
Bowls SA U18 Girls Singles
| April 23, 2009Breeana Dickson has won three titles in the Bowls SA U18 Championships, the most prestigious event for juniors held this week at Salisbury Bowling Club. Breeana took out the Bowls SA U18 Girls Singles defeating Cassandra Harvey (21 - 12). In response to the rain, Breeana focused on putting more weight on her Dreamline bowls. Breeana saw more winning success as skipper winning...Read More |  |
Mark Jacobsen, Triples Title at Australian Open
| March 2, 2009Mark Jacobsen along with Robbie Thompson and Mark Berghofer took out the Triples Title at the recent Australian Open Championships at Shepparton Park, Victoria. Mark, a Commonwealth Games medallist was delighted with his win against stiff competition from Ireland's Jeremy Henry and fellow Aussies' Barrie Lester (a member of Team Henselite) and Wayne Turley.Read More |  |